What Financial Sweetners are the Parties Offering in the 2024 June Elections?

Chauncey Gardner

I got a local election flyer for Sinn Fein for the June local elections promising "€2000 back into your pocket" for every citizen that pays rent.

Not much of an incentive if you're a mortgage payer.

Any other financial sweetners/vote buyers being offered by the parties in the run up to June 2024?

L1011

They're council and European elections, there's nothing to promise - they don't affect the Dáil mathematics.

The only thing councillors can do that impacts your pocket is if you are a home owner; they can vary the property tax slightly. That's it. MEPs can do nothing that affects it.

Only parties/independents with no concept of what the job is, or those trying to deceive you, will promise anything more than that. Decide for yourself which, or both, apply to that SF leaflet.

Chauncey Gardner

@L1011 Thanks for that. Yes indeed, I raised an eybrow at that. Somewhat concerinng (iMO) that voters may and will be swayed by such a short term juicy carrot rather than considering the long term economic future. I'll be interested to see what other fast buck vote-getting inducements will be offered by other parties, none of which I'm likely to be buying.

HalloweenJack

If they come around and repeat that promise, make sure they explain exactly how they're going to deliver it.

Plenty of politicians love to throw out these lines and count on the fact that people aren't going to follow up on the how.

Chauncey Gardner

Its on the Sinn Fein promotional flyer.

Quote: Time for Change. "We will put one months's rent (up to €2,000) back into renter's pockets and ban increases for 3 years".

Padre_Pio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121828126#Comment_121828126

Any chance they can do decreases?

Chauncey Gardner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121828154#Comment_121828154

What about free rent for all?

blanch152

Another shameless populist Sinn Fein piece of propaganda. If every single councillor in the country was of the Sinn Fein persuasion, they still couldn't keep that promise, as it is a matter for the Oireachtas, and not for either local councils or the European parliament.

The kindest way of interpreting it is that Sinn Fein head office doesn't understand the separation of powers.

Hotblack Desiato

Ironically in Dublin, SF councillors are a major brake on new homes getting built, but they'll do anything to make the current government look worse.

The €2000 euro thing is the most blatant lie I've seen in politics since the 80s.